Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Matt* Lucas Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Albert* Jones Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Albert* Jones Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert* Jones - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Greeley, Colorado, USA - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Colorado, USA

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT BACK

You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Shirley Lewis Show Band

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*

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